Urogynecologist
University of Louisville Health
Ankita Gupta, MD, MPH is Urogynecology faculty and the Associate fellowship director for the Urogynecology & Reconstructive Surgery fellowship at University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. She completed her fellowship at the University of Louisville in 2020. In 2012, she obtained her medical degree from Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Hospital in Mumbai, India as an honor roll student and graduated in the top 5% of her medical school class. Prior to starting residency, Dr. Gupta received a Masters in Public Health (MPH) with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health and a certificate in Public Health Leadership from the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Crozer Chester Medical Center in Upland, PA where she served as administrative chief resident and was also the program representative to the ACOG district III Junior Fellow committee.
During her fellowship, Dr. Gupta’s work focused on improving fellowship education as well as patient related surgical outcomes. She compiled a reading list for FPMRS fellowship programs as well as a list of citation classics. She conducted two randomized controlled trials, one looking at the impact of fluoroscopy at the time of percutaneous nerve evaluation which was published in Neuromodulation and the second one evaluating patient positioning at the time of vaginal surgery which was published in Obstetrics & Gynecology. She received the Outstanding achievement in Scholarly activity award by the University of Louisville GME which is given yearly to one trainee for their achievements to further their field through scientific pursuit as well as the rising star award, presented by the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons.
Dr. Gupta serves on several national and international committees. She has served on the editorial board of AUGS e-learning, was a member of the social media and DEI committees and was a part of the pelvic floor consortium working group on urinary incontinence. She was also a member of the Fellows, Trainees and Early Career Professionals Committee as well as the IUGA Education Committee. Most recently, as the associate chair of the Systematic Review Group arm of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons, she has worked with her colleagues to evaluate existing data and propose new guidelines. Her primary interests lie in clinical outcomes based research and systematic reviews.